“Participation of NIGEB DG in 23rd session of ICGEB Board of Governors”

Professor Mohammad Reza Zamani, Director General of the National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB) attended the 23rd session of ICGEB Board of Governors in Trieste, Italy, on May 16-17, 2017.

Through the session, Prof. Mauro Giacca, the director general of International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) presented a comprehensive report on the center’s current activities, projects, financial supports, PhD and post doc fellowship programs, etc., as well as Regional Research Center (RRC) proposals.

In the meeting with the authorities of ICGEB technology transfer, negotiations on Human Growth Hormone purification process was made. Accordingly, a draft of an MOU between ICGEB and NIGEB is going to be prepared.

Finally, it is good to know that, “Prof. Hamdy Abdel Aziz Moursy steps down as President of the Board after seventeen consecutive years of service to the ICGEB in this important role and Mr. Victor Smirnov, Governor from Russia, is welcomed as the incoming President. Prof. Lucy Ogbadu, Governor from Nigeria, associated with the ICGEB since 2005, is elected Vice-President of the Board” (Taken from ICGEB website).